Eight area players & four coaches earn Iowa Basketball Coaches Association honors

The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association has released its All-State teams and coaches honors and eight area players and four coaches were among those recognized.

In Class 4A,

Cedar Falls’ Will Gerdes and Jaydon Kimbrough were both named to the First Team

and Cedar Falls’ Ryan Schultz was named the Class 4A Substate-4 Coach of the Year.

In Class 2A,

Grundy Center’s Judd Jirovsky and Aplington-Parkersburg’s Benny Walker were named to the First Team,

Waterloo Columbus Catholic’s Amani Robinson and Union’s Caden Sorenson received Second Team honors,

Denver’s Jackson Joerger was named to the Third Team

and Grundy Center coach Owen Thomas (Substate-2), Aplington-Parkersburg coach Aaron Thomas (Substate-3) and Union coach Eric Jesse (Substate-6) received honors.

In Class 1A,

Wapsie Valley’s Briggs Boehme was named to the First Team.